Hello I'm Rich Brown and this is my personal website and blog. I'm just your simple, average, down to earth, professional, out gay man and aspiring circuit boy, living in Phoenix, Arizona with a few things to say while trying to find my place among all the scary, conservative, religious nuts in this sick and twisted world.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Car Accident In The Highlander
So many things have been going on lately that I haven't really taken the time to sit down and write it all out. On Sunday, September 23, 2007 around 1:30 PM, Justin and I were involved in a car accident in the Highlander.
We were returning from dropping a friend off at his house in Scottsdale. Justin was driving and I was tired from having been out dancing the night before so I opted to stay in the back, where I had been stretched out laying across the seat. I'm not going to get into the specifics of the accident, but I'll just say that Justin and I are both alright. Since I was laying on the back seat sleeping when it happened I did suffer some minor whiplash and chest pain where I was thrown up against the front seats and middle console, but nothing serious.
My neck and chest are still a bit sore from the whole thing, but it's just going to take time. I'm just glad that neither one of us was seriously injured. Justin did tell me to put my seat belt on shortly before the accident happened, and I declined to say that I was fine and I wanted to lay there. I guess next time I'll think twice about staying in the back seat.
Until today, I forgot I had taken these two photos on my phone and it's somewhat funny because looking at them now, the damage to the car doesn't seem as bad as I remembered it as I was standing there. Maybe because of my shock and dismay after the accident, all I saw was the damage. I'm glad the Highlander wasn't totaled in the accident because it's only a little over a year old and I really wasn't ready to be searching for a replacement for it yet. The Highlander is currently at the Toyota body shop being repaired as we speak. Cheers.
P.S. Many thanks to Jerry for coming out to the accident to pick up Justin and I and take us home that afternoon.
